Anyway, consider this the farewell I didn't make last time. I was tired of grandstanding exits and decided simply to stop posting. I'm heartened that I was noticed and missed, and perhaps I'll stop by again in the future to keep any interested parties appraised.
You certainly aren't unique in leaving. It seems that the inevitable trend is that everyone eventually parts ways with this place, but all seem to take something invaluable from the experience.
It is my understanding that EvC has evolved (pun intended) over the years and occasionally veteran members reminisce on the way it was versus the way it is currently.
People talk of these "good ole days" and how the site never really recovered from a meltdown that ensued a few years ago.
I can see how it would be easy to allow this site to suck you in and consume all of one's time. I keep this place at an arm's distance and post every few days (mostly because I work full time, am working on a degree, have a family, other extra-curricular activities to consume the majority of my time.
It sounds as if you have a good thing going and shouldn't change much if anything at all. If you can find a way to time manage your professional/personal life with the occasional posts at EvC, drop by every once and awhile.
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." --John Adams